Ragavendra R. Baliga

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Ragavendra R. Baliga, FACC, FACP, FRCP (Edin) is a Professor of Medicine at The Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He is a consulting editor of Heart Failure Clinics of North America, an indexed medical journal along with James B. Young, MD, Executive Dean, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. [1] This is journal is known for editorials championing novel and esoteric mechanisms pertaining to cardiac function including ‘The Heart as the Concertina Pump’ and suggesting that stiffness of the great arteries contribute to cardiorenal syndrome. The most provocative editorial is a recent one that discusses the role of implantable cardiac defibrillators in sudden death. He is also Vice-Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, at The Ohio State University of Medical Center.

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Using pioneering positron emission tomography technqiues at the MRC Cyclotron Center at Hammersmith Hospital, London along with Prof J.S. Kooner, Dr Stuart Rosen and Prof Paulo Camici, he demonstrated that angina occurring after a meal is due to "intramyocardial steal", wherein blood is redistributed from ischemic areas of the myocardium to the normally supplied myocardial in order to maintain overall myocardial blood flow. This mechanistic paper was published in the journal Circulation . Another paper published in the American Journal of Cardiology investigating the role of meal components showed that the carbohydrates contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of post-prandial angina. He also worked with Professor Christopher Mathias, FRCP, St. Mary’s Medical School and Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and Prof Hans L. Frankel, FRCP, National Spinal Injuries Center, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Ayelsbury.

Hammersmith Hospital Hospital in Du Cane Road, London

Hammersmith Hospital, formerly the Military Orthopaedic Hospital, and later the Special Surgical Hospital, is a major teaching hospital in west London. It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and is associated with the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine. Confusingly the hospital is not in Hammersmith but is located north of White City adjacent to Wormwood Scrubs and East Acton.

Circulation is a scientific journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins for the American Heart Association. The journal publishes articles related to research in and the practice of cardiovascular diseases, including observational studies, clinical trials, epidemiology, health services and outcomes studies, and advances in applied (translational) and basic research. Its 2017 impact factor is 18.881, ranking it second amongst journals in the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems category. Articles become open access after a 12-month embargo period.

While at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School he worked with Thomas Woodward Smith, MD, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Ralph A Kelly, MD. At that time he worked as a part of a team to tease out the intracellular cell signaling pathways in response to a paracrine growth factor Neuregulin-1 in the cardiac myocyte. This research shed light on the effects of trastuzumab/Herceptin (a medication used in the treatment of breast cancer) on the heart and was published in the American Journal of Physiology and Journal of Biochemistry.

Harvard Medical School Medical school in Boston, MA

Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consistently ranked 1st among research-oriented medical schools by U.S. News and World Report. Unlike most other leading medical schools, HMS does not operate in conjunction with a single hospital but is directly affiliated with several teaching hospitals in the Boston area. The HMS faculty comprises of approximately 2,900 full- and part-time voting faculty members consisting of assistant, associate, and full professors, and over 5,000 full- and part-time, non-voting instructors. The majority of the faculty receive their appointments through an affiliated teaching hospital.

Baliga has written or edited a number of books but is best known for his book 250 Cases in Clinical Medicine, initially published by Balliere Tindall as 200 Cases in Clinical Medicine in June 1993, and later by W.B. Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier. He wrote this book at the age of 32. The book remains popular among medical students. His subsequent books include Self-assessment in Clinical Medicine, Saunders, although in its 3rd edition and 500 MCQs for the MRCP Part I, 1997 also by Saunders. A more recent book, Practical Cardiology, co-edited with Kim A Eagle, MD, and published by Lippincott Wilkins, is more popular.[ citation needed ]

Early career

Baliga received an MBBS, from St. John's Medical College, Bangalore in 1984 and post-doctoral degree Doctor of Medicine, from Bangalore Medical College/Bangalore University in 1988. In 1988 along with Prof Anura Kurpad, MD he was founding editor of St. John’s Journal of Medicine which was subsequently edited by Prof Ashley D’Cruz, MBBS, MS, MCH and Prof Sunitha Simon Kurpad, MD. After a hiatus this journal has been resurrected and now rechristened St. John’s Medical Journal.

St. Johns Medical College

St. John's Medical College is a private religious minority medical college and hospital situated in Bangalore, India. It is part of the St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences run by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India. It was established in 1963. The college annually accepts 150 students for the MBBS undergraduate course based on a national entrance exam. It also accepts 100 postgraduate students to a number of medical specialties. The college culfest Autumn Muse is one of the oldest in South India.

He then migrated to the UK in 1988 and worked with Prof Hans Frankel, FRCP and Prof Christopher J Mathias, FRCP at the National Spinal Injuries Center affiliated with Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Oxford Regional Health Authority and St. Mary’s Medical School, Paddington, London. The research he conducted shed light on the post-prandial cardiovascular hemodynamics in quadriplegics. Between 1990-1992 he worked at Clinical Tutor at University of Aberdeen, and Registrar with Prof James Petrie, FRCP who later on became President of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Prof Peter Brunt, FRCP, Prof John Webster, FRCP and Prof Nigel Benjamin, FRCP. From Scotland he moved the Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London where he worked with Prof J.Kooner, FRCP and Prof Paolo Camici, FRCP at the MRC Cyclotron Center. He was involved with research pertaining to premature coronary artery disease in those hailing from the Indian sub-continent and he also investigated post-prandial hemodynamics.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England

Stoke Mandeville Hospital is a large National Health Service (NHS) hospital in Aylesbury, England. It is managed by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

University of Aberdeen university in Aberdeen, Scotland

The University of Aberdeen is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is an ancient university founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College, making it Scotland's third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world. Today, Aberdeen is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 30 universities in the United Kingdom. In the 2019 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, Aberdeen was ranked 31st in the world for impact on society. Aberdeen was also named the 2019 Scottish University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.

He subsequently migrated to the US to work at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he was tutor on the New Pathway for Harvard medical students. He also worked with Prof Andrew Selwyn, FRCP, Professor of Harvard Medical School. His subsequent experience included working with Dr Wilson S. Colucci, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology at Boston University Medical Center and with Dr Clyde Yancy, MD and Dr Mark Drazner, MD at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Notable research papers

Books

Metaphrastic works

Statin Prescribing Guide has been translated into Polish. [2] Management of Heart Failure translated to Italian [3]

Editorials

Education

DateDegreeInstitution
2011Certification Cardiovascular Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine
2010Certification Internal Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine
2004MBAStephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
1998-1999Fellowship in Cardiac Transplantation UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tx
1997-1998Advanced Fellowship in Heart Failure Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
1995-1997Clinical & Research Fellow in Cardiology Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
1992-1995Cardiology Fellowship/Registrar Hammersmith Hospital/Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
1993FLEXNational Board of Medical Examiners and Federation Licensing Examination, US
1991MRCP (UK)Royal College of Physicians, UK
1990-1992Registrar and Clinical TutorAberdeen Royal Infirmary/University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
1989-1990Clinical and Research Fellow in Cardiovascular MedicineSt. Mary’s Medical School, Paddington, London
1988-1989SHONational Spinal Injuries Center, Stoke Mandeville, Oxford Regional Health Authority
1988PLABGMC, UK
1988Post doctoral degree in Internal Medicine, (MD) General MedicineBangalore University
1988Diplomate of National Board in General Internal MedicineNational Board of Medical Examinations, New Delhi
1985-1987Resident/PostGraduate in General Internal MedicineVictoria and Bowring Hospitals, Bangalore Medical College
1983-1984Rotating Internship/MBBS St. John's Medical College, Bangalore

Appointments and affiliations

DatesTitleOrganizationCity, State/Province
2008-to date-Professor of Internal Medicine and Vice Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine The Ohio State University Medical Center &
The Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital 		Columbus, Ohio
2005–2008Chief and Director of Cardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Hospitals EastColumbus, Ohio
2005 – presentAttending Cardiologist The Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus, Ohio
1999–2005Asst Professor of Internal Medicine and Attending Cardiologist University of Michigan Medical School HospitalAnn Arbor, MI
2000–2004Co-Director, M2 Cardiovascular Sequence University of Michigan Medical School HospitalAnn Arbor, MI
1996Clinical Tutor, New PathwayHarvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA
1990-1992Clinical Tutor, General Internal Internal Medicine University of Aberdeen Medical SchoolAberdeen, Scotland

Honors and awards

Honoris Causa

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References

  1. ↑ "Heart Failure Clinics - Home".
  2. ↑ Przewodnik praktyczny jak stosować statyny Wydawnictwo: Termedia Wydawnictwa Medyczne, 2011 ISBN   978-83-62138-47-0 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ Terapia della insufficienza cardiaca, Edizione Minerva Medica ISBN   978-88-7711-655-0 http://www.minervamedica.it/en/books/medical-specialties/cardiology/scheda.php?cod=L1884
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